Deaths in Custody
Executed

Lester Wingard

died May 24, 1946 · Kilby Prison, Montgomery County, Alabama

Lester Wingard was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 24, 1946. The Alabama Department of Corrections lists the death as an execution carried out by the state.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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